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Originally Posted by Stardrifter_WA
I used to get nearly everything locally, as I strongly agree we should support local businesses. I even paid higher prices for items locally, especially when the dollar was low.
Cheers Peter
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You must be a youngish chap. Back the early 90s, when our dollar was around US 80 cents, one would read US Sky and telescope and see nice Celestron and Meade eyepieces (pretty much the standard back then) and binoculars and other gadgets. And one would see their prices in US dollars.
So one pretty much knew what they'd cost over here - just multiply by 3.
Fortunately, one could use slow mail back then, send a letter to Wholesale Optics in Pennsylvania or Pocono Mountain Optics with one's credit card details, and a month or two later a parcel would show up in the mail.
I had zero interest in supporting local dealers back then. Really, it wasn't till Andrews undercut everybody by miles that prices got realistic down here.
Regards,
Renato